diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 22ae73c02..b7f152cd6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 /backend/resources/public/assets
 /backend/resources/public/media
 /backend/target/
+/backend/builtin-templates
 /bundle*
 /cd.md
 /clj-profiler/
diff --git a/backend/resources/app/onboarding.edn b/backend/resources/app/onboarding.edn
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88fa714a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/resources/app/onboarding.edn
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[{:id "penpot-design-system"
+  :name "Penpot Design System"
+  :thumbnail-uri "https://penpot.app/images/libraries/cover-ds-penpot.jpg"
+  :file-uri "https://github.com/penpot/penpot-files/raw/main/Penpot-Design-system.penpot"}
+ {:id "wireframing-kit"
+  :name "Wireframing Kit"
+  :thumbnail-uri "https://penpot.app/images/libraries/cover-wireframes.jpg"
+  :file-uri "https://github.com/penpot/penpot-files/raw/main/wireframing-kit.penpot"}]
diff --git a/backend/src/app/main.clj b/backend/src/app/main.clj
index cc20cc7e5..ed2661764 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/main.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/main.clj
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@
     :audit       (ig/ref :app.loggers.audit/collector)
     :ldap        (ig/ref :app.auth.ldap/provider)
     :http-client (ig/ref :app.http/client)
-    :executors   (ig/ref :app.worker/executors)}
+    :executors   (ig/ref :app.worker/executors)
+    :templates   (ig/ref :app.setup/builtin-templates)}
 
    :app.rpc.doc/routes
    {:methods (ig/ref :app.rpc/methods)}
@@ -352,6 +353,9 @@
    {:port (cf/get :srepl-port)
     :host (cf/get :srepl-host)}
 
+   :app.setup/builtin-templates
+   {:http-client (ig/ref :app.http/client)}
+
    :app.setup/props
    {:pool (ig/ref :app.db/pool)
     :key  (cf/get :secret-key)}
diff --git a/backend/src/app/setup.clj b/backend/src/app/setup.clj
index b1b5e9313..7bc0960ba 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/setup.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/setup.clj
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
    [app.common.logging :as l]
    [app.common.uuid :as uuid]
    [app.db :as db]
+   [app.setup.builtin-templates]
    [buddy.core.codecs :as bc]
    [buddy.core.nonce :as bn]
    [clojure.spec.alpha :as s]
diff --git a/backend/src/app/setup/builtin_templates.clj b/backend/src/app/setup/builtin_templates.clj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d05255058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/app/setup/builtin_templates.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+;; This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+;; License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+;; file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+;;
+;; Copyright (c) UXBOX Labs SL
+
+(ns app.setup.builtin-templates
+  "A service/module that is reponsible for download, load & internally
+  expose a set of builtin penpot file templates."
+  (:require
+   [app.common.logging :as l]
+   [app.common.spec :as us]
+   [app.http.client :as http]
+   [clojure.edn :as edn]
+   [clojure.java.io :as io]
+   [clojure.spec.alpha :as s]
+   [datoteka.core :as fs]
+   [integrant.core :as ig]))
+
+(declare download-all!)
+
+(s/def ::id ::us/not-empty-string)
+(s/def ::name ::us/not-empty-string)
+(s/def ::thumbnail-uri ::us/not-empty-string)
+(s/def ::file-uri ::us/not-empty-string)
+(s/def ::path fs/path?)
+
+(s/def ::template
+  (s/keys :req-un [::id ::name ::thumbnail-uri ::file-uri]
+          :opt-un [::path]))
+
+(s/def ::http-client ::http/client)
+
+(defmethod ig/pre-init-spec :app.setup/builtin-templates [_]
+  (s/keys :req-un [::http-client]))
+
+(defmethod ig/init-key :app.setup/builtin-templates
+  [_ cfg]
+  (let [presets (-> "app/onboarding.edn" io/resource slurp edn/read-string)]
+    (l/info :hint "loading template files" :total (count presets))
+    (let [result (download-all! cfg presets)]
+      (us/conform (s/coll-of ::template) result))))
+
+(defn- download-preset!
+  [cfg {:keys [path file-uri] :as preset}]
+  (let [response (http/req! (:http-client cfg)
+                            {:method :get
+                             :uri file-uri}
+                            {:response-type :input-stream
+                             :sync? true})]
+    (us/verify! (= 200 (:status response)) "unexpected response found on fetching preset")
+    (with-open [output (io/output-stream path)]
+      (with-open [input (io/input-stream (:body response))]
+        (io/copy input output)))))
+
+(defn- download-all!
+  "Download presets to the default directory, if preset is already
+  downloaded, no action will be performed."
+  [cfg presets]
+  (let [dest (fs/join fs/*cwd* "builtin-templates")]
+    (when-not (fs/exists? dest)
+      (fs/create-dir dest))
+
+    (doall
+     (map (fn [item]
+            (let [path (fs/join dest (:id item))
+                  item (assoc item :path path)]
+              (if (fs/exists? path)
+                (l/trace :hint "template file already present" :id (:id item))
+                (do
+                  (l/trace :hint "downloading template file" :id (:id item) :dest (str path))
+                  (download-preset! cfg item)))
+              item))
+          presets))))